New York, NY—Today, the Senate Parliamentarian, an unelected bureaucrat, ruled that Congressional Democrats’ plan to provide temporary work permits without a roadmap to citizenship, does not meet the Senate requirements...
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NY Immigrant Rights Advocates Decry Parliamentarian’s Opinion on Immigration in Budget Reconciliation Package
NYers Denounce Attempted Canal Street ICE Raid and Subsequent NYPD Brutality Against Protesters
...not deport them, detain them without clarity, or strip them of their rights. New Yorkers must stand together — now more than ever — to defend each other,” said Assembly...
Immigrant Rights Advocates Demand Justice for Buffalo Victims of White Supremacist Mass Shooting
Buffalo, New York—Earlier today, ten people lost their lives and three people were injured at a Buffalo-area NY TOPS supermarket after a white supremacist opened fire on them. “We are...
New York Immigrant Rights Advocates Demand US Welcome As Many Ukrainian Refugees As Possible
New York, NY–In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent armed conflict and extraordinary conditions, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) called for an immediate designation of Temporary...
Immigrant Rights Advocates Hail Partial End of Immigration Ban
New York, NY-Yesterday, President Joe Biden revoked his predecessor’s extremist immigrant visa ban. Last spring, the Trump administration halted the issuance of green cards until the end of 2020 citing...
Staff Series: Mozeak Speaks
...way that I didn’t know was possible. Except for watching things like Game of Thrones or fictional things. But when it happens in real life, when someone who is literally...
DACA Recipients, Immigrant Advocates and Elected Officials Rally to Celebrate DACA’s 10th Anniversary, Call for a Pathway to Citizenship
...them have ever really known, yet they unfairly remain in a state of uncertainty threatening their stability, their families and their futures. It’s on Congress to finally deliver a pathway...
Immigrant Roots: Kelly Harry, Creator of UndocumentedFinance.com
...the United States. I grew up in Brooklyn, in Mill Basin, not too far from King’s Plaza Mall. I didn’t know that I was undocumented until high school. My school...
We Are Alejandro & Carmen and We Are Ready
...communities? Alejandro: There’s a lot of misinformation about undocumented immigrants, and a lot of that misinformation comes from a place of fear; of not knowing who people are. This is...
College Opportunity and Resource Expansion (CORE) Campaign Launches to Increase Affordability for ALL New Yorkers
...in our futures, and the future of our state. " Tajzhane Green, Undergraduate Student Buffalo State College said, “I'm an undergraduate at Buffalo State College and I know all too...
